4.
Pour in the tomato sauce and Japanese Worcestershire-style sauce, sprinkle in the soup stock granules, cumin, and oregano, and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.

5.
Transfer the filling into a bowl to let it cool down.

6.
Once the bread dough (or pastry dough) has finished the 1st rising, roll it out into 10 cm diameter circles.

7.
Put 1 tablespoon of the cooled filling and a thinly sliced boiled egg on top of each portion of bread dough.

8.
Fold the dough into half, seal the edges like you're making gyoza dumplings, and press a fork around the borders to seal them up tightly.

9.
Brush the surface of the dough with the beaten egg, bake in the oven preheated to 180°C for 15 minutes until nice and golden brown, and they're done.

10.
If you're able to find green olives stuffed with pimento, I strongly recommend you use them. You'll get much closer to the authentic taste!

11.
You can also make them using either 2 wonton skins or 2 spring roll wrappers. Put the filling on the 1st sheet of wrapper as shown in the photo, and lay the other wrapper on top.

12.
This is Brazilian-style fried wontons - it's the same filling wrapped with wonton skins and then deep-fried.

Story Behind this Recipe

A friend who came from Brazil to study, and whose parents are Japanese, taught me this recipe.I modified the recipe to match Japanese palates, and to easily make them with readily available ingredients.Enjoy the authentic Brazilian taste!

Helpful Hints

You can recreate an authentic pastel by using boiled eggs and green olives stuffed with pimento (red peppers). You could substitute green olives with capers. You'll have a generous amount of filling with this recipe. So if you end up with any leftovers, it will also be delicious mixed into spaghetti sauce.